BY ORDER OF THE AFMAN 11-2C-130JV3 ADD B CL-1
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 12 December 2019
Flying Operations
C-130J MAFFS
OPERATIONS PILOT CHECKLIST
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or
ordering on the e-Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: HQ AMC/A3V
Supersedes: AFMAN 11-2C-130JV3 ADD B CL-1
Certified by: HQ USAF/A3T
(Maj Gen James A. Jacobson)
Date: 17 September 2018 Number of Pages: 13
This checklist establishes procedures for employing the Modular Airborne Fire
Fighting System (MAFFS) on C-130J aircraft employed by Mobility Air Forces
(MAF) to accomplish their worldwide mission. This checklist complements
AFMAN 11- 2C-130J-V3, Operations Procedures, and is printed on standard 8 ½”
x 11” bond paper, and trimmed to fit the standard plastic aircrew checklist binders.
This checklist is intended to provide MAFFS certified crewmembers quick
reference to procedures required for the safe execution of MAFFS ground and flight
operations. All MAFFS certified C-130J pilots will carry this annex.
Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of
Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF FORM 847, Recommendation for
Change of Publication; route AF FORM 847 from the field through the appropriate
chain of command.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Checklist Page
PART ONE – BRIEFING GUIDES ....................................... 2
MAFFS CREW COORDINATION… ......................................... 2
TANKER BASE PILOT ORIENTATION… ............................. 4
PART TWO – NORMAL PROCEDURES ...................................... 7
DROP PREPARATION CHECKLIST ........................................ 7
SLOWDOWN CHECKLIST… .................................................... 8
ONE MINUTE ADVISORY… ...................................................... 8
RELEASE POINT CHECKLIST ................................................. 9
COMPLETION OF DROP CHECKLIST ................................. 10
MAFFS WEIGHT TABLES ....................................................... 11
PART THREE – EMERGENCY PROCEDURES……12
EMERGENCY DROP .................................................................. 12
EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN ..................................................... 13
